GB2591646B - Tuneable optical device - Google Patents

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GB2591646B
GB2591646B GB2103203.2A GB202103203A GB2591646B GB 2591646 B GB2591646 B GB 2591646B GB 202103203 A GB202103203 A GB 202103203A GB 2591646 B GB2591646 B GB 2591646B
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Brown Andrew
Burbridge Daniel
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Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G02B7/08—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/64—Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image
    • G02B27/646—Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake

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GB1812809.0A GB2576173A (en) 2018-08-07 2018-08-07 Tuneable fluid lens
PCT/GB2019/052226 WO2020030915A1 (en) 2018-08-07 2019-08-07 Tuneable optical device

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GB2591646A GB2591646A (en) 2021-08-04
GB2591646B true GB2591646B (en) 2022-11-02

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HYUNG-MIN SON ET AL: "New variable focal liquid lens system using antagonistic-type SMA actuator", AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS AND AGENTS, 2009, ICARA 2009. 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 10 February 2009 (2009-02-10), pages 476-479, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2712-3 abstract II Design of ne *
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CN112823305A (en) 2021-05-18

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